Mission:To provide a safe, confidential and crucial crisis service where teens help teens make healthy decisions.

Vision:To impact the devastating problem of teen suicide in Arizona so that any teen at any time will have knowledge and access to Teen Lifeline, its counselors and services.

The idea for starting Teen Lifeline began in early 1985 when a movie called "Surviving" was aired on network television. For 1985, it was quite controversial and helped to raise the awareness about teen suicide.

The heart of Teen Lifeline is its Peer Counseling Hotline which provides troubled youth the opportunity to access immediate help from a Peer Counselor seven days a week, 365 days a year. Teen Lifeline's services extend statewide.   More detail...